K12 Online Schooling Giant Pays Ryuk Ransomware To Stop Data Leak Online education giant K12 Inc. has paid a ransom after their systems were hit by Ryuk ransomware in the middle of November. K12 creates tailored online learning curriculums for students to learn from home while in kindergarten through 12th Read more…
IoT Chip Maker Advantech Confirms Ransomware Attack, Data Theft 11/30/20 Update below. This post was originally published on November 28th, 2020. It has been updated to reflect Advantech’s confirmation of the attack. Industrial automation and Industrial IoT (IIoT) chip maker Advantech confirmed a ransomware attack that hit its network and led to the Read more…
CBS Last.fm Fixes Admin Password Leakage Via Symfony Profiler This week, British music streaming service, Last.fm has fixed a credential leakage issue that revealed admin username and password. The leak had occurred due to a misconfigured PHP Symfony app running in “debug” mode and exposing profiler logs. With these credentials, an attacker could have accessed and Read more…
Ransomware Hits Largest US Fertility Network, Patient Data Stolen US Fertility, the largest network of fertility centers in the U.S., says that some of its systems were encrypted in a ransomware attack that affected the company two months ago, in September 2020. The US Fertility (USF) network is comprised of 55 locations Read more…
Passwords Exposed For Almost 50,000 Vulnerable Fortinet VPNs A hacker has now leaked the credentials for almost 50,000 vulnerable Fortinet VPNs. Over the weekend a hacker had posted a list of one-line exploits for CVE-2018-13379 to steal VPN credentials from these devices, as reported by BleepingComputer. Present on the list of vulnerable targets are IPs belonging to high street Read more…
Hacker Posts Exploits For Over 49,000 Vulnerable Fortinet VPNs A hacker has posted a list of one-line exploits to steal VPN credentials from almost 50,000 Fortinet VPN devices. Present on the list of vulnerable targets are domains belonging to high street banks and government organizations from around the world. Researchers find thousands of Read more…
Coil Payments Platform Leaks User Emails In ‘Privacy Policy’ Update Coil has accidentally exposed some of its users’ email addresses in a mass email announcement sent out today. Coil is a micropayments platform, similar to Patreon (but not quite) that is used by writers and popular blogging sites to monetize content. Ironically, the Read more…
Hacker Shares 3.2 Million Pluto TV Accounts For Free On Forum A hacker is sharing what they state are 3.2 million Pluto TV user records that were stolen during a data breach. Pluto TV is an Internet television service that lets you stream free TV shows with advertisements. The service has over Read more…
Biotech Research Firm Miltenyi Biotec Hit By Ransomware, Data Leaked Biomedical and clinical research company Miltenyi Biotec says that it has fully restored systems after a malware attack that took place last month and affected the firm’s global IT infrastructure. Miltenyi Biotec’s 2,500 employees from 28 countries are developing cell research and therapy products for Read more…
DarkSide Ransomware Is Creating A Secure Data Leak Service In Iran The DarkSide Ransomware operation claims they are creating a distributed storage system in Iran to store and leak data stolen from victims. To show they mean business, the ransomware gang has deposited $320 thousand on a hacker forum. DarkSide Read more…
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